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Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... this...a sector-wide freeze in redemptions," he said. The irony is that mortgage funds are likely to outperform when interest rates are falling and the major players have a proven track record in providing regular income sourced from conservative investments. ...

B&B in partnership talks

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Babcock & Brown is reviewing expressions of interest it received by other firms to form a potential strategic relationship. According to a statement released on the ASX today, B&B confirmed that it has undertaken a process to review the expressions ...

Challenger squeezes redemptions

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Challenger has tightened the redemption policies of its Challenger Howard Mortgage Fund and other mortgage products following significant increases in fund outflows. Challenger's investors have been retrieving their investments following the Federal ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... monetary and fiscal authorities are being proactive in their policy responses. The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered interest rates by 100 basis points early this month to 6 per cent, and is expected to lower borrowing rates again despite yesterday's ...

Chile not so hot on fixed income

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... markets will bounce back. "Pension funds have faced various crises and have recovered the value of their investments with interest in a shorter time than expected," it said in the report. The group cited statistics that in the last three decades, the ...

ANZ appoints Denby

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... executive. Thursby said Denby's skills in market and credit risk management across a number of regions ensured the bank's interest in Asia Pacific are well managed.

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... a free market rational economic agents tend to maximise their own self-interests, which ultimately will maximise the interest of the broader economy. The current financial turmoil has its origins with homebuyers trying to maximise their interests, banks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... Index closed up 768.80 points as 15,323.01. WELLINGTON - Shares posted healthy gains today ahead of an expected large interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand this week. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 81.155 points, or 2.889 per cent ...

JPMorgan buys DME stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... board approved the 20 per cent equity issuance to strategic investors with the terms remaining confidential. "Continued interest from the ranks of the most highly respected global financial institutions and energy trading firms to take an equity stake ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
National governments, one on top of the other or in unison, have been throwing money and/or guarantees and/or lower interest rates at banks, financial institutions and the money markets to in order to restore confidence in the financial system. While ...